Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart …. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. – Carl Jung
Howdy and Hey There TUSHKATEERS!!! I trust y’all made it through Independence Day in one piece? One thinnish piece? Yes? No? Either way, it’s a new day, a new dawn, and we’ve got approximately 8 weeks before the unofficial beginning of fall; Labor Day weekend.
What do you think? Are you ready to cultivate a couple of happy and healthy habits this summer? Well, that is good news. (I am quite sure that I just heard a resounding round of ‘yes’ cheers from the crowd!!!) So … Let’s get started!
As you may remember, in the last issue of the KITT Club e-letter, Our Lady of Weight Loss featured an email from “GastricByPassBlues.” Gastric-BP-Blues shared with us that she’d lost 150 pounds a few years back, but sadly she was slowly ‘finding’ them once again. Our Lady of Weight Loss served up platters full of sage advice, thought provoking information to chew on and OLofWL asked her, “What will permanent weight loss give you that you wouldn’t otherwise have?” Our Lady encouraged her to, “Go deep!!! Beyond health and tight jeans! List ten things. Yes, 10.”
Chewing the Fat ~ In response to the above, I received an email from Nancy D., Tushkateer is Goodstanding.
Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss ~ Great issue … But ten things beyond health and tight jeans? I thought I was creative, but I’m not coming up with ten. I’ll let you know when I do. . . Thanks. ~ Nancy D.
Dear Nancy D. ~ Here are a cool 15 reasons to help get you started. (All of you!)
Embedding Healthy Habits, Permanently Letting Go of All that Weighs Me Down (pounds and otherwise) will help me, you, us to …
- End the insanity,
- End the nasty, negative ‘fat-talk,’
- End the rubbing together of the mighty thighs,
which in turn saves money – as we no longer need to buy large quantities of talcum powder, - Open the door to self-love,
- Feel comfortable in our own skin,
- Feel strong and fit in our individual bodies (no more aches and pains),
- Say “cheese” as in “sure thing … take my photo,”
- Fit into tight jeans even if we forget and put them in the dryer,
- Clear the mind, so that we can actually think about something else,
- Fit into our new form-fitting clothes (vs. loose fitting dresses a.k.a. tents) this year and the next and the next (no longer needing to fill your closet with 4 different sizes of clothing),
- No longer endure ‘beached whale’ type comments,
- No more ‘pretty face, it’s a shame’ comments,
- Bend over and pick up what fell down without feelings of shame and embarrassment over our largess,
- At the end of the day … feel proud, and
- Get on with life.
Please give it another go. Dig deep. Get specific! Oh here’s another one!!!
16. Wear underwear that has some sex appeal. I’m not saying leopard g-strings, but let’s put an end to granny pants!
What will letting go of the excess give you that you wouldn’t otherwise have?
Spread the word … not the icing!Janice
Life & Wellness Coach
Self-Help / Weight Loss Artist
wise * fun * utterly useful
Thanks, I will definitely let you know. The nurse said that she was going to do a little on the lips. I sure don't want the trout pout.
Thanks for your advice. I'm getting more excited than nervous now.
Roadrunner - absolutely nothing drastic about it. When you first get the botox (forehead and eyes) you will see a change that will level off in a few days or one week. It looks completely natural. You CANNOT frown no matter how hard you try! Be very 
I actually carry a 3×5 index card folded in my work id card holder. I take it out and read it when another well-meaning (but still evil) person brings in doughnuts AGAIN. I have worked this over a time or two, to get it down to 10. They are not in any order of priority.
1. Take care of God’s gift – this body and life.
2. Improve quality of life – both short and long term.
3. Make healthy choices a habit/lifestyle.
4. Eliminate health-related health risks, problems.
5. Increase self-control, personal responsibility.
6. Enhance energy, stamina, agility, abilities.
7. Look and act younger – have more fun!
8. Improve appearance, increase confidence.
9. Have more attractive and fun clothing options.
10. Less guilt and negativity, more hope and enthusiasm.
I must brag that I celebrated turning 50 by joining Weight Watchers, and losing 50 pounds! I have now maintained that loss for a year, and I never want to go back to that other person with the achey knees, and long list of prescriptions for weight related health issues. This is not about looking good for a wedding or class reunion, this is about making the most of this one life I’ve been given. I am worth it.
As we like to say at WW: “Losing weight is hard. Being fat is hard. Pick your hard”. I am so not regretting the choice(s) I have made!!!!!